{"product_id":"copdock-mill-range-layers-pellets-with-verm-x-chicken-feed-5kg","title":"Copdock Mill Range Layers Pellets with Verm-X Chicken Feed 5kg","description":"\u003ch5\u003eCopdock Mill Range Layers Pellets with Verm-X – 5kg\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 5kg carry-home pack of Copdock Mill's Range Layers Pellets with Verm-X — the same complete laying ration as the 20kg bag, in a size you can carry from the car in one hand. For three or four hens it is roughly a fortnight's feed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuying small has a real advantage beyond the handling. Compound feed loses vitamin activity as it sits, and an opened bag in a damp shed goes stale or mouldy well before it is empty. A bag the flock clears quickly is a bag that stays worth feeding.\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u003ch5\u003ePerformance \u0026amp; Benefits\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComplete layers ration in pellet form, so birds cannot pick and choose.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17% crude protein and 4% crude fibre, the same formulation as the 20kg bag.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVerm-X herbal blend included, with no egg withdrawal period.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5kg pack — light to carry and quick for a small flock to clear while fresh.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLimestone granules and dicalcium phosphate for shell strength.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u003ch5\u003eSuitable For\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSmall back-garden flocks of a few hens.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone trying the feed before committing to a 20kg bag.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaying birds from about three weeks before point of lay.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeepers without dry, rodent-proof storage for a full sack.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNot for chicks or growers. Some listings describe this pellet as suiting hens from three weeks of age to point of lay, which is wrong and would harm young birds — Copdock Mill Chick Starter Micros and Growers Pellets cover that period.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u003ch5\u003eFeeding\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFeed ad lib from a feeder, with clean fresh water always available.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBegin about three weeks before point of lay, which is around 16 to 18 weeks in most laying breeds.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCopdock Mill publish no gram-per-bird rate for the pellets. Their published figure for Range Layers Mash is a minimum of 120g per hen per day.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep insoluble flint grit available separately for the gizzard.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReseal the bag between feeds and use it within a few weeks of opening.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u003ch5\u003eComposition \u0026amp; Analysis\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComposition: wheat, hipro soya bean extract, limestone granules, sunflower extract, wheatfeed, dicalcium phosphate, salt, DL-methionine, layers supplement (DSM), oil, with the Verm-X herbal blend.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnalytical constituents: crude protein 17%, crude oil 4.5%, crude fibre 4%, crude ash 13.5%.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVitamin A, vitamin D3, vitamin E, copper, methionine and selenium are declared as additives. Copdock Mill publish no inclusion figures for them, so none are given here.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePack size 5kg. Also supplied as a 20kg bag.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe herbal ingredient list that circulates with this product — garlic, cinnamon, thyme, nettle, cleavers, slippery elm and the rest — is the composition of Verm-X Original pellets, the standalone supplement, and not of this feed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u0026lt;\u0026gt;\u003ch5\u003eCare \u0026amp; Caution\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA layers ration is calcium-loaded for birds in lay. Chicks and growers must not have it: a sustained calcium load before point of lay damages the kidneys.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVerm-X is a herbal blend, not a licensed wormer. Where a worm burden is diagnosed it does not replace a veterinary anthelmintic.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Copdock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41372190441536,"sku":"dli1789534795133","price":10.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0606\/4091\/9616\/files\/copdock-mill-range-layers-pellets-with-verm-x-chicken-feed-5kg_1.jpg?v=1789534798","url":"https:\/\/heritagefashionclad.shop\/products\/copdock-mill-range-layers-pellets-with-verm-x-chicken-feed-5kg","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}